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Fish bone perforator
Object Number 13-50-10/91544
Display Title Fish bone perforator
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone tools, bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Dukes County / Chilmark / Site n
Intrasite Pit
Additional Geographic Terms Martha's Vineyard; shores of Menemsha Pond
Materials Fish bone
Dimensions Overall: 8.4 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (3 5/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, 1912-1913
Provenance
Collector Samuel J. Guernsey (1913)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1913)

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Faunal Remain
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